U.S. News Insider Tip: Be sure to step inside the Avalon Theatre, where you'll find hand-painted murals that pay homage to the island and early California life. The murals were designed by John ...

There are a couple of things about the Catalina Casino that you should know. For starters, it’s not actually a casino—at least not in the way you’re thinking. Rather, the 91-year-old Catalina Island ...

Here’s a dream that could come true: Spend a night in a pop-up bedroom inside Catalina Island’s landmark Casino. Yep, you get the entire 20,000-square-foot ballroom to yourself plus a private ...

Catalina Island's been on a hot streak with tourism (visitor counts and sales tax revenues are nudging close to record numbers), but it's hoping to cement its popularity for years to come by making ...

Arriving in California's only coastal island city, one imposing building dominates the sweeping view of Avalon Bay. Once the tallest building in all of Los Angeles County, the Catalina Casino still ...

Commissioned in 1929, the landmark Catalina Casino was the hub of Avalon nightlife in its early years and remains an 11-story island icon today. (Keys 2 the Coast photo) Catalina Island is a heavenly ...

For all its glitz and glamour, Los Angeles can be an exhausting city (just ask any local about the traffic and parking, which have become as ubiquitous with the metropolis as its Hollywood landmarks).

Being born in December has its many challenges as far as birthday celebrations go. Your special day somehow gets swallowed up in the competition of an entire month of holiday revelry. This is why my ...

Think “Catalina,” and you picture blue sea, beaches and rugged backcountry. Now there’s a new reason to hop on the Catalina Express to what William Wrigley Jr., the chewing gum tycoon who bought Santa ...